Kotomi101: :3 Sorry about the length. This was a spur of the moment thing from years back.

Guest: Thank you! I'm so sorry for the delay, I hope this wasn't too late?

Shego was gone when Kim woke up. It was disappointing, but Kim was expecting it. The weekend gave her time to catch up on school work and to study the Jonas mansion more. Ron stopped by with Rufus to do the same.

"Where's Shego?" he asked, trying to look as though he was paying close attention to the map despite his boredom.

"Asleep, hopefully. Whoever knocked me out came back. She stayed all night."

Ron stared at her. "You really trust her?"

"I do." She didn't hesitate to say this.

"It's weird," he admitted. "Really weird, but I'll try to trust her too." Kim smiled at him and they continued their work. "I don't think she likes me much, though."

"You think?" Ron gave her a look and she laughed. "I think you'll grow on her sooner or later."

She had gotten her suit from Wade that day. The other two were still being made, but she tested the material outside at night while Shego watched her. "I can barely see you," Shego said in awe. "If it's pitch black for those ten minutes, your nerd friend did damn near perfect with those."

"He's good like that," Kim shrugged. If she looked at her gloved hands, they looked photoshopped into the world.

Whoever was after Kim didn't appear for the next few nights. Shego would keep her company in the final stretch of senior year homework, which ran well into the late hours of the night. Then she'd slip onto the roof.

Kim was sleeping better, though she never told anyone this. Especially not Monique, who had taken to teasing Kim now that her and Shego were friendly.

The week passed with minimal calls for help. Wade had sent the new uniforms to Kim and she set the plan in motion. Once they were dressed, Wade got them a ride to a mile away from the mansion (a group of college kids she helped out before were happy to lend their van). They trekked on foot to the mansion, walking in thickets of woods and keeping an eye out for any wandering guard. Shego was silent the entire time. Kim was almost certain Shego had forgotten she wasn't alone until she spared a glare at Ron whenever he made noise.

They reached the mansion, which was lit up by two searchlights and the spots of flashlights. They huddled into a space which they checked and double checked to confirm that it was a blind spot. "Wade," Kim whispered into her kimmunicator, "We're ready to go."

"Got it, Kim." On cue, the lights went out, and many of the guards voiced their confusion. In this confusion, they climbed the wall and jumped back to the ground. The guards had gathered around one of the posts, fiddling with a control panel. With the light focused away from them, they were able to get into the now unlocked mansion.

As was expected, there were still security guards inside with flashlights. Shego walked ahead and knocked out any guards they approached. Kim stayed with Ron, keeping track of where they were. According to the footage that Wade got, the part would be in the basement. The hidden door leading there was in a panel in the kitchen.

After feeling around against the kitchen walls, Ron found the door. They walked through together. The hallway they entered led them to a small room, where there was a pedestal holding a small machine. "Looks like he already got started," Shego said. She grabbed the machine. "We don't have the time to take it apart," she explained. "I'll wreck it once we're out of here."

They slipped out with no opposition and two minutes to spare. Shego spiked the machine onto the ground and shot it with plasma. "Well, Kimmie, thank you for doing business with me."

"The pleasure was all mine," Kim retorted. There were hundreds of things she wanted to say. She didn't think Shego was evil. She didn't want to fight Shego for the law. She would miss the company at night.

Instead, they both remained silent. Ron could feel the tension and settled with talking to Rufus, who also ignored the awkward elephant sitting between Kim and Shego. When their ride dropped Ron and Kim off at her house, he said, "I'm a little relieved we don't have to work with her anymore."

Kim shrugged.

"Anyway, I guess we can look forward to stopping her and Drakken soon, right?"

"Yeah. Probably by Tuesday," Kim replied.

It was late, and she was tired. She slipped into bed to fall asleep, but could only lay awake, looking at the ceiling for hours.